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Elliptical Polarization by Light Scattering by Submicron Spheroids

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

Th. Schmidt
Th. Schmidt*
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Heidelberg, Germany

Abstract

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Calculations have been carried out of single light scattering by Rayleigh type spheroidal dust particles. It can be shown that elliptical polarized radiation with e = v/p ≈ 0.15 can be produced from unpolarized incident radiation, in the case of dirty quartz particles with a refractive index m = 1.54 ± 0.4i and a geometrical axial ratio c: a ≈ 1:2.

Type
Part III Reflection Nebulae and Diffuse Galactic Light
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 52: Interstellar Dust and Related Topics , 1973 , pp. 131 - 137
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1973 

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